FISH PEN OWNERS GET P20,000 EACH AS ASSISTANCE

SENATE President Franklin Drilon and the local government of Oton town in Iloilo province gave financial livelihood assistance to 40 fish pen owners along Batiano River. Each of the fish pen owners received P10,000 each. Drilon provided assistance amounting to P350,000 while the local government gave them P50,000. An additional P10,000 was also awarded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the self employment assistance-Kauswagan program to fish pen operators to start their alternative livelihood projects.